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By News Director Jared Atha After failing to appear for his latest court date, an outstanding warrant for arrest has been issued for an Elk City man. According to the Beckham County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect should be considered possibly armed and dangerous. 51-year-old Edward James Guidry Jr. is wanted for a felony charge of feloniously pointing a firearm after the suspect was accused of the crime last October. Guidry is facing other pending felony charges as well. The Sheriff’s Office...

By News Director Jared Atha Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford is set to receive the largest single donation in the history of the university. Longtime SWOSU benefactors Jerry and Margaret Hodge of Amarillo, Texas have generously committed a record-breaking $5 million charitable gift. The Hodge donation will enable SWOSU to take the next steps toward construction of a state-of-the-art facility dedicated to healthcare education and pharmacy, named in honor of the Hodges. The g...

By News Director Jared Atha Congressman Frank Lucas of Cheyenne (R-OK) and Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) announced recently, after months of work with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Harmon Memorial Hospital in Hollis has received an extension of their designation to continue to serve the community as a Critical Access Hospital. In March, Lankford, Inhofe, and Lucas sent a letter to then-Acting CMS Administrator Liz Richter to push for Harmon Hospital to r...

An Arapaho man was arrested recently after allegedly stealing cattle from local farmers. According to a probable cause affidavit, 64-year-old Jimmy Helfer was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, larceny of domestic animals and threatening to perform an act of violence when, on June 4, authorities with the Custer County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call of livestock theft at the intersection of State Highwa...

By News Director Jared Atha The winter wheat harvest has begun across the region, however recent rainfall has slowed down the process in parts of western Oklahoma. Paragon Ag News Director Jimmy Clark has that.

A congressional committee approved a $547 billion transportation bill on Thursday that includes a boost in annual funding for roads and bridges and $55...

According to a recent survey by U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service, Oklahoma producers are expected to harvest a...

Potentially big news brewing in Weatherford as it was announced today that a press conference at Southwestern Oklahoma State University has been scheduled to...

Inflation across the country has seen prices on everything from vehicles to groceries increase.

A Clinton woman was arrested and charged recently after allegedly assaulting her nephew, and vandalizing his vehicle.